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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you thing this is a positive or a negative development?

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Introduction
While
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 more and more
people
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 with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments,
less
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fewer
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 and
less
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fewer
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 patients are visiting their usual
doctor
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doctors
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.
Body paragraph 1
Nowadays, the popularity of cannabis-based medicines, herbal remedies, and aromatherapy has increased as alternative medicines and treatments.
Body paragraph 2
This
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 trend is not only true
to
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for
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the
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apply
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people
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 who
likes
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like
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 leading
natural
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a natural
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 lifestyle but
also
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 for
the
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apply
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people
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 who are diagnosed
serious
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with serious
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 disease like cancer.
Body paragraph 3
Trying massage, meditation, and yoga are
good
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a good
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way
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ways
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 to get refreshed but
it
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they
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 can’t
be work
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work
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 as
treatment
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a treatment
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.
Body paragraph 4
From a doctor’s point of view,
this
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 trend is considered
as
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apply
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extremely dangerous because none of them have scientifically
proved
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proven
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 to have strong enough evidence to cure any diseases.
Body paragraph 5
However
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, when it comes to overcrowded
in
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apply
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hospitals all over the country and medical insurance
fee
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fees
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, it might be seen as
good
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a good
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 development.
Body paragraph 6
As it’s free charge in Japan, calling
ambulance
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an ambulance
the ambulance
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 for trivial matters is now getting a social problem and some
people
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 die in the ambulance just because they couldn’t find a hospital with availability.
Body paragraph 7
Needless to say,
less
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fewer
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people
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 visiting hospitals means less medical
cost
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costs
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.
Body paragraph 8
Now one-four Japanese men and one-third
Japanese
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of Japanese
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 women are over 65 years old and
total
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the total
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 amount of medical
fee
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fees
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 is huge
burdensome
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and burdensome
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 since 70 to 90
percent
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per cent
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 of their medical costs are covered by our tax.
Conclusion
Advanced surgeries and prolonged
chronical
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chronic
 treatment tend to be expensive but if we could allocate those resources
for
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to
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 researching difficult diseases and creating new drugs, our life expectancy could be extended in the future.

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    • Sentence 2 - Example
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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